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JAMES CRISP - With HOW DID DAVY (Crockett) DIE & WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH?

03/25/2010 7:30 pm

It's a great night for history buffs. NC State history professor and author James E. Crisp brings us HOW DID DAVY DIE AND WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH? The author of SLEUTHING THE ALAMO brings us new insight into this Texas hero.

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How Did Davy Die? And Why Do We Care So Much?: Commemorative Edition (Hardcover)

By Dan Kilgore, James E. Crisp
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781603441940
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: TAMU Press, 1/2010
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Just over thirty years ago, Dan Kilgore ignited a controversy with his presidential address to the Texas State Historical Association and its subsequent publication in book form, "How Did Davy Die?"
After the 1975 release of the first-ever English translation of eyewitness accounts by Mexican army officer Jose Enrique de la Pena, Kilgore had the audacity to state publicly that historical sources suggested Davy Crockett did not die on the ramparts of the Alamo, swinging the shattered remains of his rifle "Old Betsy." Rather, Kilgore asserted, Mexican forces took Crockett captive and then executed him on Santa Anna's order.

Now, in this enlarged, commemorative edition, James E. Crisp reviews the origins and subsequent impact of Kilgore's book, both on the historical hullabaloo and on the author. Along the way, he provides fascinating insights into methods of historical inquiry and the use--or non-use--of original source materials when seeking the truth of events that happened in past centuries. He further examines two aspects of the debate that Kilgore shied away from: the place and function of myth in culture, and the racial overtones of some of the responses to Kilgore's work.

Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution (Paperback)

By James E. Crisp
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780195163506
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA, 1/2005
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Historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of mythmaking to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution--truths that are often obscured by both racism and political correctness. This engaging first-person account of historical detective work illuminates the methods of the serious historian who searches for the more complex truths behind the glorious myths. Beginning with a personal prologue recalling both the pride and the prejudices that he encountered in the Texas of his youth, Crisp illustrates how he discovered documents that have been distorted, censored, and ignored.
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